Fall Workshops

Create holiday whimsy with polymer clay.  You will be making two adorable Christmas items utilizing some basic polymer clay techniques. The first is a set of Santa earrings ready to top off your famous holiday sweater.  Then we will make these comical elf bells for your Christmas tree which will bring a smile to even the sternest of Scrooges.  You will learn a variety of clay, painting, and sculptural techniques which will enable you to leave the class and make whatever you might dream up. Make them for yourself or as a gift. Come join us…we knead you to be creative.

FURNITURE  MAKEOVERS  101
October 23, 2010,  2:00-4:00 P. M.
Maximum of 8 workshop participants, minimum of 4
Cost of workshop:  $25.00

Do you often admire painted furniture and cabinetry featured in magazines or on TV.  You know the pieces I’m talking about.  They have multiple layers of paint, distressed areas, unique hardware, decorative wood details, etc.  The process of reviving your old furniture is both easy and inexpensive.

I will show you how to breathe new life into your furniture, cabinets, mirrors, picture frames, etc. Caromal Colours Country Living Paints and products are featured in my makeovers.  They are user friendly, “green”, and produce excellent results.

Please bring pictures of your furniture or cabinets you want to makeover and also pics from magazines with the look you would like to achieve.  We will paint, distress, age, change hardware, etc., on some of my work projects.  The finishes we can reproduce are endless.  You will paint 2 wood samples to take home and admire.  I’m looking forward to seeing you.

Earthy Birth Childbirth Education Classes Begin Tuesday October 19. Class session will last four weeks, every Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. Classes are small and casual, which lends for a more intimate atmosphere to discuss the sacred art of birth. Class schedule and topics are as follows:

Tuesday Oct 19:
Trusting Birth and Trusting Your Body: The Stages of Labor; Getting the Birth you Want Even When Things Do Not Go As You Planned
Birth Art: Finding Your Birth Legacy Through Art

Tuesday Oct 26:
Birth Plans: Should You Write One?
Birth Stories: Listening Sympathetically But Not Owning Another Woman’s Story

Tuesday Nov 2:
Relaxation Techniques and Positions for Birth

Tuesday Nov 9:
Breastfeeding:  Breast Care, Latching On,  Feeding Positions, Nutrition for Mom
Bringing Baby Home: Basic Infant Care, Cord Care, Swaddling, Co-Sleeping, Relationships, Suggested Reading for New Parents.

Participants are encouraged to dress in comfortable clothing, bring cushions to sit on (chairs are sometimes too hard) and bring food and drink if desired. We will also be using different art mediums such as clay, paints, pencils and pastels, and there will be homework, so come prepared with a notebook and something to write with. My hope is that this class will be beneficial to all expectant parents, and different than your run of the mill hospital based childbirth classes.

Rhonda's Bio:
Rhonda has been a Birth Doula since 2003, getting her training from DONA (Doula's of North America). She has experience with all manner of childbirth, from homebirth to cesarean birth. She has recieved her CBE education from Childbirth International and is still learning and training with local midwives, as there is always so much more to discover. Her goal is to help women achieve the birth they want, with no regrets regarding the choices they make. Education and support is key to achieving that.

Rhonda has been married to her high school sweetheart for nearly 24 years, was a military wife for 20 of those years, and is mom to two grown children, whom she birth naturally in military  hospitals. She is also the proud nana of one perfect grandchild, Lyric. She and her family have been Clarksville residents off and on since 1990,coming back most recently in 2003 and have settled in the area for good.

To sign up for the
childbirth Education
classes contact
Rhonda Anderson
directly

rhonda@shasthidoula.com

Photoshop Elements Classes
Instructor: Jillian Romero

ALL CLASSES REQUIRE A LAPTOP &
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS SOFTWARE.
October 29, November 5 and 12, 10:30 – 1pm
(30 minute break)
$100 for all 3 classes
Must be pre-paid

Subjects to be covered during the 3 day class

1. Quick tour of tools bar and element
2. Organizing functions
...a. Create albums and importing images
3. Adjusting color in images
...a. Fix exposure problems
4. Repairing and retouching images
...a. Cropping
...b. Red eye
...c. Removing unwanted items
...d. Removing backgrounds
...e. Enhancing foreground
5. Adding text
6. Working with bitmaps, grayscale and indexed color modes
7. Paintbrush mode
8. Combining multiple images
9. Advanced editing techniques

Recommended book – but not required: "ABODE classroom in a book"

3 minimum students, 6 maximum

Luminous Watercolors for Self-Expression
Monday, Nov. 1, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., 8, 15
$70 for a 3-week class

Learn various techniques employed in watercolor painting (such as drybrush, wet-in-wet, blending, hard and soft edges, salt sprinkling, and spatter). Includes studying color and also learning to paint in an abstract way, so that even without great drawing skills, students can make beautiful art. Students will learn to paint from still life displays and from favorite photographs. Aimed at serious beginners.

Bio: Karen Parr-Moody, a local writer, studied watercolor at Auburn University, and continues to paint in the medium. Her main subjects are floral designs and the human figure, particularly dance hall girls from the early 1900s.